Why were we so bad in 1999?

[Evia]

Originally Posted by Vizax_Xaziv [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Haha, same here! Only i was just 12 years old. I distinctly remember making a Gnomish Enchanter and dying to rats outside Ak'anon at LEAST 10 times in a row. That Enchanter would eventually reach level 17 and was given a Flowing Black Robe and a Staff of Writhing (with 9 CHA on it!) by a very kind elf.

I remember people would sit outside Felwithe and auction "language lessons" where you'd group with them and they'd spam the groupchat to train you in foreign tongues.

After finally convincing our parents to buy us the game AND let us use their CC to subscribe, installing the game etc etc, we realized that neither our PCs had a "3d graphics accelerator." We finally brought it to a friend's house who did and installed it there.

And man....this thread is really makin' me wanna play some Kunark!

Lol that's -9 cha on the Staff ... [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
Atleast you looked cool!

[Tethler]

Originally Posted by Swish [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I was like 19 and never played an online game like it before. The fact that it took me over an hour to get out of Felwithe as an enchanter probably sums up where I was [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

My first character was a dark elf warrior on live. It took me over an hour too to make it out of neriak. I spent like 20 mins in 3rd gate at that underground dock cause my friend told me boats come to docks. Never found my guild master to turn in my note either.

Lost my corpse somewhere in my late teens and had to punch skeletons to death to regear in cloth and rusty weapons. It was a big change coming from MUDs, haha.

[Ataria]

I played a bard on live, and I remember I never, ever had to pull in groups. Not sure why (p99 bards pull all the time), but I remember I did have to pull CT, every raid. It was my only job, and I remember hating the cleric!! I would beg him please don't let me die this time when I bring in CT! Little did I know he never really had a choice, due to CT's HT. I had no idea! Yet this cleric never said a word. But man, oh how I hated him! lol.

I do not think we were bad. We were so new to this vast game, the dynamics were so different- and now with the explosion of games, the mentality is get max lvl asap, get BIS, instead of exploring, learning along the way through trial and error etc.

[Phaezed-Reality]

In this humble Erudites opinion, and speaking only from experience i have only been on odus(fantastic people, great place, absolutely fantastic, the palace is great, really really great) and antonica. From my experience most Antonicans still suck. My lord the dungeons .

[fugazi]

I think people weren't all that bad back in ye olde days. You should not forget that EQ punishes death like no other, so the first thing everyone learns is to not die. This pushed a whole lot of people to stick to outdoor zones, where they'd always keep control over the situation, but plenty of people went on to learn the dungeons and mastered them with the available knowledge of the time.

What does surprise me is how bad so many people on P99 are at the game. I happily share knowledge and tips with the people I group with, but dear Prexus, there are plenty of people who are even beyond the Ocean Lord's grasp. I guess P99 has streamlined the 1 to 60 experience to such a degree that gear has become a crutch and the Usual Suspect zones have made game knowledge optional.

[Coridan]

I think on live people were punching above their weight more often. I remember mostly pulling yellows and reds not groups of blues.

[Sagus]

I enjoyed the days everyone was new. I started as a Warrior and remember being told to go pull... I'd either never make it back or return with a glorious train wiping the group. My friend and I had an awesome Monk and Warrior duo... yeah, that was painful duo. We spent more time on corpse runs than anything else I think.

[Wwen42]

Being young and dumb mostly.

[Nisrak]

I think having access to wikis is one of the biggest contributors to how people playing P99 differently from original EQ. The first time I started in EQ and finally got my dwarf out of Kaladim, I had no choice but to explore Butcherblock and figure things. Now, even if you aren't an expert of every zone (which most P99 players are), you can instantly pull up a map of the zone with every detail provided. I think a lot of P99 players also spend a fair amount of time outside of game planning what they are going to do to get the best weapon, armor, xp, or at least maximize the result of their in-game time.

EQ used to be more like D&D, now it's more like WoW.

[Swish]

Originally Posted by Nisrak [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Now, even if you aren't an expert of every zone (which most P99 players are), you can instantly pull up a map of the zone with every detail provided.

I had a ring binder of maps, and a notepad for important locs of zonelines to aim for when I was seemingly in the middle of nowhere.

I didn't have any ink in my printer at one point so I hand wrote out a combines guide from EQ traders to get my brewing from 1-135ish [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

(no alt-tabbing)